yavuyavu
yah-voo-YAH-voo
How to say it
Swahiliyavuyavuyah-voo-YAH-voo
Englishlung
Frenchpoumon
Meaning
One of the two organs in the chest that take in air when a person or an animal breathes.
Good to know
Plural mayavuyavu, with ji/ma agreement: yavuyavu la kulia, the right lung. Pafu, plural mapafu, is the more common word for the same organ.
Examples
- Moshi wa sigara huharibu yavuyavu.Cigarette smoke damages the lungs.
- Daktari alisikiliza yavuyavu la mgonjwa kwa kifaa chake.The doctor listened to the patient’s lung with his instrument.
- Samaki hawana mayavuyavu, wanapumua kwa matamvua.Fish have no lungs; they breathe through gills.
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